Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 34, Number 228, Decatur, Adams County, 25 September 1936 — Page 1

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Portland Speaker ÜBraF ** Y " 'W 1 -*:-? *!i MBffr Bjß BbL - ' JaMlik ■ Bishop Edwin Holt Hughes, senior bishop of the Washington. D. i area of the Methodist Episcopal church, will speak at union religious scrvictsi at Portland at 2 p. m. Sunday, officially opening the Portlagid Centennial celebration. The Berne choir of 60 voices will present special music. FORBID CREDIT ON SHIPMENTS Extended Credit Forbidden For Freight Shippers And Receivers Word has been received here by trucking companies and common carriers of freight from the bureau of motor carriers of the interstate ’ commerce commission, fonbidding extended credit to shippers and re- : ceiver* of freight. The communication states that these persons are withholding payment of the tariff rates and chargee, for a greater length of time than permitted by the regulations. The . arriere have been ruled to discontinue all credit arrangement* with these shippers and receivers, and dolled al! tariff and charges before relinquishing possession of the freight. By the motor carriers ad of 1935, the carriers are subject to penalty irT the event of failure to comply with this regulation. The communication also calls attention to the fad that any shipper or receiver who deliberately withholds. beyond the credit period extended, payment of the tariff and hairling charges in interstate or foreign commerce, fe guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction is subject to the penalties provided by law. The word was sent to all carriers by George 8.. McGinty, secretary of , bureau, after the commission had received complaints of shippers and receivers of freight refusing the pay l chargee and tariff on hauling within the time allotted by the motor carrier. o Vaudeville Actress Found Badly Beaten Chicago. Sept. 25.—flJ.R) —Beaten apparently with a brick and a stocking knotted around her throat. Alda Deery. 25. vaudeville trouper, was found unconscious today on her bed in a loop hotel. Her dress had been ripped down the front. A short time later, Charles Long. 45. shot himself in a room on the eighth floor of the hotel. He was dying when taken to a hospital. Police attempted to learn if the two cases had any connection. SCHOOL CLASSES NAME OFFICERS Sophomore And Freshmen Classes Name Officers For Year Officers of the sophomore and and freshmen classes of the Decatur high school were elected Thursday afternoon In assembly sessions by the respective classes. Clarence Staipleton was elected ipreaident of the sophomore class, with James Highland named as vice-president. Other officers elected were: Mary Steele, secretary and Martha Myers, treasurer. R. A. Adams, geometry and mathmaties teacher, was named as guardian of the sophomore class. Ned Johnson was elected presidI et.t of the freshman class, with Robert Stapleton as vice-president. Dixie Miller was named secretary and Betty Ross, treasurer. Amos Ketchum, industrial arts teacher, was chosen as class guard- : ian. These were the last two classes of the school to elect officers, the senior and junior classes having ■ named their offlcens earlier in the i week. i

LOYALISTSAND REBELS BATTLE FIERCELY TODAY Fate Os Madrid And Toledo Depend On Battle’s Outcome By Louis F, Keemle, (VP. Cable Editor) The Madrid government forces made a stand on a semi-circular front about miles from Toledo . today, lighting along the banks of | I the Guardarruma river which flows southward from the capital to join the Tagus west of Toledo, to turn back the insurgent forces. The fate of Madrid and Toledo depends on their success. Report* from United Press correspondents at the front indicated that the fighting was severe and aerial activity intense. The outcome was in doubt. Righti ist rebels proclaimed their inten-j ! tlon of marching Into Toledo, left-, ist defenders declared they were counter-attacking and holding the enemy off. The leftists were heartened by their stroke of yesterday in letting loose the headwaters of she Alberche river to drown out the enemy, cut off their rear and im- | pede their advance. Tile military I value of the flood attack was open I I to question, however, because of I the wide area occupied by the rebels. Its chief effect may have been to hamper the rebels in the Maqueda region just soutn of the Alberche, without interfering with those in the vicinity of Torrijos. further south toward Toledo. Government sources reported fierce fighting in the Huesca region northeast of the capital. Gov-' eminent communiques claimd sue- ■ cess all along the line. There was no official rebel statement to check against the government claims. The other chief scene of action was on the north coast, where three rebel columns moved eastward against Bilbao. The rebel, ultimatum to the city to surrend(CONTINL'ED ON PAOB SEVEN) PLAN EXEMPTION AT HOMESTEADS Legislative Attempt Likely To Make Mortgage Exemption Possible Indianapolis. Sept. 25.—(U.R) —A legislative attempt to make homesteaders Imying property from the federal government or one of its agencies eligible for SI,OOO mortgage exemption in assessment of state taxes was considered probable today. Attorney General Philip Lutz. Jr., held this week that homesteaders ‘ do not qualify loi the exemption under conditions set out in the 1919 state mortgage exemption act. He declared the ineligibility because the homesteaders will not receive the deeds to the property until the payments are concluded and because use of the mortgage is not contemplated in the sale. The opinion was asked by Philip Zoercher, chairman of the state tax board, after the resettlement I administration announced it contemplated transferring the title to the Decatur Homesteads to an, association of which homestaders will be members. It was pointed out the association will execute a note and mortgage to the United States for the amount of the purchase price, and i the associtaion will, in tifru, sell individual parcels to the homesteaders. Under the plan, homesteaders will pay the purchase price of the respective parcels to the association over a 40-year period, the unpaid balance bearing three per ! (CONTINUED ON PAGE EIGHT) 5 — 0 May Dismiss School To Save Tomatoes Franklin. Ind Sept. 25 —(UP) — with more than 300 tomato picking jot:* now open in Johnson county,! ■school officials today contemplated! dismissing school in sections where farmers are losing thousands of dollar*; as a result of labor shortage.' The ca-°e is silbnar to one at Hart-, ford City where school wae dismiss-! ed and boy* rushed to tomato field* and canning factories in order to save the crops. Relief workers accepted work in the fields and canning factories at'-, ter a promise from Way toe Coy, j state WPA director, that they will! Ibe allowed to return to their jobs when the seasonal work is finished.'

Decatur, Indiana, Friday, September 25, 1936.

STILL EATING? j Local county authorities are ' ( looking for a man. whofaprobi übly euting the longest meal lon record. Driving his car, a j 1930 Chevrolet with Kentucky < license plates, into the River side garage just two weeks ago, ■ ii strange man "stepped out i for a bite to eat.” To date he has failed to call for the auto and police are ’ , | chwklug to locate the owner. I Poseibilitles of the auto being | a stolen vehicle are being investigated. LODGES PLAN OPEN MEETING Knights Os Pythias, Pythian Sisters Plan Open Meeting Plans for an open meeting of Knights of Pythias and Pythian Sisters to be held on Thursday, October 8, in the lodge building on Third street, were made last ! night at the regular meeting of the order. State deputy R. L. Robertson, from Indianapolis addressed the i members last night, advocating the open meeting in October to further the membership drive, and aid In raising funds for the Pythian none at Lafayette. Tentative plans call for a membership drive during the day, an open meeting earlier in the evening and a luncheon and dance at night. The officers will be in charge of the entertainment committees of both the K. of P. and Pythian Sister orders. Committees appointed last night include: entertainment. Joseph Hunter, F. R. Fenimore and I Charles Knapp; delinquent. Will Dellinger and Jess Rupert; bowl ing. H. V. DeVor, Elmer Chase and Dan Christen. George Stultz wa* installed as (CONTINUED ON PAGE EIGHT) Richard Cramer Has Leg Bones Fractured Richard William Cramer, *on ot Mr. and Mr*. John Cramer, of thfe city, fractured both bones in his right leg. about six inches above the ankle, when he fell from the i.poreh of hi* home last night. He was taken to the Adame county memorial hospital, where the fracture wa* .set by the attending physician. o Local Girls’ Band At Bluflton Fair The Decatur girls’ luind, under the direction of Albert Sellemeyer, presented a. concert on the court house plaza in Bluffton this afternoon as a feature of the street fair. The band also appeared in ; the school parade this morning, with Miss Patsy Moser as drum major. WEATHER Increasing cloudiness and warmer tonight; showers by Saturday afternoon or night; warmer east and south, cooler extreme northwest Saturday. LANDON HITS TRADE POLICY Gov. Landon Moves Into Wisconsin; Assails Trade Policy Minneapolis. Minn., Sept. 25 — (UP)—Gov. Alt M. Landon carried his attack on the New Deal’* reciprocal trade policy into the progre*-, sive-domlnated Wisconsin today, on a two-day drive to .be climaxed Saturday night by an address at Milwaukee on social eecurity. Basing hi* drive tor support of the dairy and livestock industry on : a demand for “protection of the tAmi erican market for the American farmer," the Republican Presidential nominee completed presentation of his farm program in a discussion of I trade agreements before a capacity audience of 12,000 pereone at the Minneapolis municipal auditorium last night. . The Republican appeal to agricul-! ! ture, as presented in the Des Moinc* and .Minneapolis speeches, includ: !ed: ' V 1. An appeal for a free and indeI ipendent agriculture based on pre- | servation of a the family-type farm a* opposed to "permanent manage--1 ment from Washington.” contlnua- ! tion on relief checks for farmers. I and a cash benefit system designed i (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIXi

FROSCH TALKS TO ROTARIANS Lutheran Minister Gives Interesting Discoure On Brazil The Rev. M Frosch, pastor ofi the Evangelical Lutheran Immanuel church In Union township, de ! llvered a highly descriptive and interesting discourse on Brazil at 1 the weekly meeting of the Decatur | Rotary club Thursday evening at the Rice hotel. Rev. Frosch was a missionary in the South America country for 20 years, serving In the southern-! most state of the continent's largest republic. He returned to this • country in 1924, and has served as pastor of the Adams county church . since that time. The Lutheran pastor left for j Brazil in 1904. At that time, he ■ stated, steamship service to South ' America was still In its infancy. Boats making the trip accomodated only 125 passengers. At the present time, however, steamers now carry from 3,000 to 4.000 persons on every voyage. Brazil, the speaker said, is larg er in area than the United States, and is the largest South American country. Its population, however, is only one-fourth that of this country. Resources of tjie nation are being developed rapidly. The country has coast line of approximately 4.000 miles, with most of the residents living along the coast. The republic is formed of 20 states, with the average • .state approximately the size of Indiana. Rev. Frosch stated that coffee is the principal crop in Brazil. Threefourths of the country's coffee crop is exported each year to the United States, with 50 million pounds of coffee being shipped daily. The speaker told in detail of the coffee ranches and of the methods used to prepare coffee for market. Coffee trees. Rev. Frosch said, bear at the age of four years, yieldj ing four to five pounds yearly. Great care is taken with the coffee orchards, which number millions of trees. In closing. Rev. Frosch told of (CONTINUED ON PAGE? SEVEN) G. 0. P. PLANS ABE RIDICULED Cliff Townsend Asserts Springer Plan M ould Bankrupt State New Albany. Ind., Sept. 25—(U.R) —Pledge of the Republican party to pay teachers salaries and meet old age pension payments and at the same time cut taxes has made Raymond Springer. Republican governor nominee, appear “utterly ridiculous." M. Clifford Townsend, his Democratic opponent «a!d last night. The Republican program will either bankrupt the state, increase property taxes 10 to 50 per cent or require a 3 per cent ealee tax, Townsend said. • Indianapolis, Sept. 25.—KU.PJ—Assignment of William E. Jenner, Paoli, state senator, who has been .attached to Republican national headquarters, for a serie* of campaign speeches in Indiana, was announced today at state G. O. I’, offices. Jenner was scheduled for addresses at Washington tonight; Nappanee next Tuesday night; i Franklin. Oct. 8: Mitchell. Oct. 9: LaPorte, Oct. 14; Knightstown. Oct. 20; Frankfort, Oct. 21: Whitj ing, Oct. 22; Thorntown, Oct. 23. and Martinsville, Oct. 30. Sullivan. Ind.. Sept. 25 —(U.R) — Expenditures of the Roosevelt administration were defended as “a humane effort” last night by U. S. Senator Sherman Minton in an address before approximately 5,000 persons. “It was all right to spend billions of dollars to carry on the World War but the Republicans think it is al wrong to spend a few billion dollars now that men. women and children may live," Minton said. He ridiculed the Republican vicON PAGE FIVE) o Conduct Hearing On Liquor Permit The Adame county alcoholic bevxfitases commfseion conductled a nearing today on the request of the Loyal Order of the Moose lodge of s this city for a renewal of the club license to ratal! beer, wine, and I liquor. The findings will be submitted to th? state alcoholic beverage* • commission.

RED MEN FROM THREE STATES MEET SATURDAY Tri-State Meeting Os Red Men Will Be Held Here Tomorrow Opening at 9 o'clock Saturday • morning with registration in the Rice hotel, one of the city's most : ! important fraternal events, the Tri-State meeting of the Improved Order of Red Men, will get underway. with a full program arranged for the balance of the day. The registration will take place until 11 o’clock, when all members . and visitors will be attracted to the Gene Stratton-Porter memorial on the court house lawn. There at 11:30 o'clock, "The Unforgotten Warrior," a portrayal of ! the life of the Indian in early Am- . erica, and the founding of the Order of Red Men. will be given by ! Alva Kerst. of Greenville, Ohio. Mayor Arthur R Holthouse will deliver the address of welcome at 2 o’clock in the Catholic high school auditorium to open the at-. ! ternoon session. This meeting will also be open to the public. The Rev. Father Joseph J. Seim-! , etz, of the St. Mary’s Catholic ! church and Frazer E. Wilson, mayor Greenville. Ohio, will also talk ' to those present. Then at 7 o’clock, member of the [order in Indian costumes and war-! I rior's regalia will form into a colI orful parade as one of the feature 1 events of the day. Led by the De- ! catur girls' band and a drum corps, i ' the procession will follow a line ’ of march down through the main ' ’ street from the Catholic auditorium. ' The evening session will open at; ' 8 o'clock in the auditorium, with a degree team, picked from the ' great council of Michigan, conferr- , ing work upon an honorary mayors’ initiatory class. The class will include Mayor Holthouse, of Decatur and Mayor Wilson, of Greenville. A short business session will follow, and great • chiefs and past great chiefs will deliver short addresses to close the convention. More than 1,000 members of Red Men lodges in Indiana, Ohio and . Michigan, with their wives and families, are expected to attend ’ the convention. The meting is sponsored by the great council of the three states > to further interest in the order. The last meeting was held in Greenville. Ohio. Huston J. Patterson, great’ prophet of Indiana, is general ’ chairman of the convention here and will be assisted by Harry A. 1 Elsten, great sachem of Indiana , and chairman ot all committees, ,! and J. M. Breiner, chairman of all ! | local committees. r | ° New Coal Bins At Court House In Use i ( s I The new coal bine, recently coni structed at the county courthouse, . were put in use for the first time thi* morning, when a carload of coal was emptied into the blns in iprepar- ■ ation for the winter season. •| o — i INQUIRIES OF PROBERS TOLD — Detective Agency Hired For Spy Work By Industries • Washington, Sept. 25 — (UP) — Asher Rossiter, Pinkerton detective agency vice president, today described to the eenate civil (liberties coram.tee labor inquiries his firm ! made for General Motors, Bethle- , hem steel corp., Baldwin locomotive work*, and the New York shipbuilding corp. , Rossiter said moet of the work , wa* in connection with alleged comr niunistic activity in the various . plants. He said some labor union* . included many communists Ibut was unable to nae any specific union. Robert A. Pinkerton, youthful ■ president of the agency, detailed gross Income of the company a* follows: 1934. general $1,745,575: patrol work, $441,765; 1935, general t ?1,922,910.84. patrol $395,128.34; first seven months of 1936, $1.03/,- . 351.32,, ipatrol $231,792.75. ; Baldwin locomotive company eni tries were for inveetigation ot “rads ical tendencies" in Its plants. The > Bethlehem steel compajiy sheets ini dicated that “radlcalims” was under • | investigation in Johnston. Pa.. Baltt- ; • more and Buffalo, N. Y., aud Lacka- • wanna

French Parliament \[May Be Called To Prevent Gold Loss

Legion Commander Harry W. Colmery. Topeka, Kansas, lawyer, was elected national commander of the Amer- ; lean Legion at the annual convenI tion at Cleveland Thursday. Colmery's election wa* by acclania- ! tion. LIGHT FROSf ” I IS FELT HERE No Damage Is Reported From First Frost Os Season The first frost of the season • was experienced last night, several farmers reporting that they noticed a slight 'all in low territories. Old timers, however, attest that “a frost in the light of the moon” will not produce any serious damage to crops. .Agriculturists also agree that the cooler weather resulted in no ill effects to fruits and vegetables. one farmer reporting that tomatoes planted in low ground were untouched and unharmed by the reported frost. After the coolest night of the season, necessitating the use of furnaces and stoves, the temperature climbed to an unofficial 58 degrees at 10 o’clock this morning. At an early hour the thermometer stood at 40 degrees. A warm sun Thursday afternoon ! prevented the temperature from dropping but with the setting of the sun, the thermometer gradual|ly slipped to the unofficial minimum of 40 degrees. The weather man forecasts warmer, but unsettled weather for Saturday. o - Missionary To Japan To Speak Here Sunday Mis* Thomasine Allen, a missionary from Morioko, Japan, will speak at the Sunday evening service of the First Baptist church in this city. Miss Allen has worked in the Ja--1 panese mission fields for several ! years and is an authority on conditions in that country. Miss Allen has confined her engagements to the larger cities of the country and the local church is fortunate in obtaining her services. A social hour will be held following the regular service. Miss Allen will also apeak to the children during the junior church hour at the morning service. —o Mrs. Bannister To Be Chief Speaker Angola. Ind.. Sept. 25 — (UP) — Mrs. Blair Bannister, Washington, D. C. assistant U. S. treasurer, will be one of the chief speakers at the annual fall meeting of the Indiana women’s Democratic club at Pokagon State Park on Lake James tomorrow. Mrs. Agnes Molter, Kentland, president. will preside at the business sessions. Mrs. Bannister, a sister of Virginia’* Sen. Carter Glass, will] be introduced by Mrs. A. P. Flynn. Logansport. regional director ot the Democratic committee. Invitations have been extended to Lieut. Gov. M. Clifford Townsend, candidate for governor, and other state candidates. They will be presented ‘by Mrs. Inez School, Indiana 1 polis, state vice-chairwoman.

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French Cabinet Meets lit Effort To Halt Flow Os Gold From Country; Tax May Be Imposed. TO STOP OUTFLOW (Copyright 1936 by UP.) Purls, Sept. 25. — (U.R) — The French parliament likely will be convoked Monday or Tuesday to vote necessary gold protection laws, Louis Malvy, radical socialist leader, said today while a cabinet session on the monetary situation was in progress. Parliament must enact legislation to permit any change in the value of the franc. The cabinet is empowered to decree any other restrictive measures to prevent tint outflow of gold. it was announced that 360,000.000 francs ($23,697,000) In gold was being shipped today from Cherbourg on the Deutschland for tha United States. This i* the large*!, single shipment in several years. About 300,000,000 francs of the gold was sent by train overnight to Cherbourg and the remainder arrived by motor car. It was reported that the contemplated tax on gold export* tentatively had been fixed at 33 per cent. The tax on gold exports is one of the decrees contemplated by the cabinet to stop the outflow. Another measure considered was a requirement for a prior declaration of intention to export, which might be authorized or refused by the finance ministry. It was learned unofficially that the cabinet was preparing decrees which may be sbmitted to parliament immediately for ratification". The decrees would provide for a modified gold embargo as follows; 1. A tax on gold exports. 2. Gold exports hereafter will be subject to prior declaration ofl intention to export, which may lie authorized or refused by the fl. nance ministry. Meanwhile the Paris bourse went through one of the most exciting sessions In recent months. Prices shot forward at the opening on hedging by French nationals who sought refuge for their funds in event of devaluation. Then a special bourse committee issued a ruling that speculative marginal operations will not be carried over the month-end and that holder* either must liquid* or pay. This tended to stop speculation and there also were rumors of government action to prevent speculation. Shares were dumped. Buyers were scarce. But the market soon reversed its position as the buyers turned from marginal accounts to outright purchases. All prices soared and closed higher. Banlc of France shares closed at 7.190 fraifcs. Bank oO Paris shares closed at 850 francs compared with 750 yesterday; Suez Canal shares closed at 20,875 francs compared with 20,740 francs, and Royal Dutch shell shares were 3,. (CONTINUED ON PAGE SEVEN) RALLY DAY AT LOCAL CHURCH United Brethren Church To Observe Rally Day Sunday Morning Rally day will be observed at the United Brethren church Sunday morning. The following program will be presented: Opening eong. “True hearted, whole hearted." School welcome —Rae Myers and Eddie Deitsch. Scripture*—Richard Shaffer. Response iprayer. Song—"Ye gate lift up.” choir. Exercise—" Little gatee.” Recitation—" The rally day path, way.” Exercise—“A good example.” Anthem—choir. Exercise — "Working hand inf • hand. Song—" Win them one iby one.” Five minute* talk by the following; Roy Mumma, "The gate post:” Mr. Shaffer, "Gate hinges;” Mr, Crider, “Gate keeper:’’ Glen Hill, Gate of opportunity;’’ Rev. Franklin, “Open gate.” Song— "To the work, to thq work." Benediction,